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Parkour. Parkour - the art of movement and overcoming obstacles, usually in urban areas. Ideologists of the movement are David Belle and Sebastien Foucan . Parkour is actively practiced by many associations and individuals in many countries. .
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Parkour - the art of movement and overcoming obstacles, usually in urban areas. Ideologists of the movement areDavid Belle and SebastienFoucan. Parkour is actively practiced by many associations and individuals in many countries.
The essence of Parkour is a movement and overcoming obstacles of various kinds. They can be as existing architectural structures (handrails, railings, walls, etc.), and specially constructed structures (used at events and trainings).
Parkourappeared in Russia on October 1, 2002, when the official site of the team «TheTracers» was opened. All we had before, it was the usual "underground." «TheTracers» From 2002 Oleg Krasnyansky isthe President of the Russian Federation of Parkour. In 2003 he met with the founder of parkour - David Bellamy. After this trip inthe site of the team you can find a lot of new and interesting materials about parkour. Oleg Krasnyansky
Parkour - a discipline that represents a set of skills, body control, which at the right moment can be applied in different situations. The main idea of Parkour is the principle of "no borders, there are only obstacles" and any obstacle can be overcome. The main restrictions imposed in parkourare inthree axioms: safety, efficiency, simplicity. Anything that goes against them is beyond the scope of parkour.
Parkourdoesn’t teachto use any means or device, and allows you to use only your own body and develop skills for behavior in the situation of "here and now".
When Sebastian Foucan parted with David Belle, he formed his vision of parkour, which is called the Freerunning.
Freerunningis street sport without borders, it also contains the elements ofacrobatics.
At the moment in the UK there are actively developing sports clubs for parkour classes, some schools have suchclasses in the physical education program.In St. Petersburg, parkour has become the part of a public campaign "Choose sport!“. The aim is to develop the interest of young people to sport culture.
Parkour became widely known after the movie "Yamakasi: New Samurai" and the film "13th District" and "District 13: Ultimatum" in which David Belle starred in one of the main roles. Parkour and film industry
In 2007, director RuslanBaltzer removes the Russian film "Daring Days", which tells about the adventures of the team tracers «Urban Monkeys». Parkour and film industry